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Liverpool's head coach declared he needed to “examine my own performance” following the Reds endured a 6th loss in seven Premier League matches on their own turf to Forest and insisted he would discover a solution from the title holders' slump.

Nottingham Forest, fighting against the drop prior to the match, produced the biggest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club slipped to an eighth defeat in 11 matches in every tournament. The British record signing, Alexander Isak, was again unnoticeable and the home side argued Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to the captain's chalked-off goal against Manchester City before the international break. But Slot conceded the responsibility rested with him and made no excuses.

“Nobody wants to hear me now speaking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Nottingham Forest,” stated the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at myself initially and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Earlier I was just waiting for us to score a strike. Later we barely generated any chances.

“Naturally there is a path forward, particularly with the quality players we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you look back you are always considering: ‘Where can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is something else from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to stress I am responsible for the current defeats. You are answerable when you are victorious but also liable when you are defeated. I can never come up with sufficient excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is not good enough and I am responsible for that.”

The team's display unravelled as the coach made multiple attacking changes when chasing the game. “It was the identical away at Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I substituted the French defender off and put on [Diogo] Jota and he scored straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s probably stupid.”

The Anfield side last lost two successive at Anfield Premier League games by Nottingham Forest in the sixties. The last time they suffered consecutive league matches by a 3-0 margin was in 1965.

The manager commented: “It was extremely poor. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you face is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you look at the first half-hour of the match. I did not witness us creating so much in the initial half-hour perhaps the whole campaign, and the first time they arrived in our box they found the back of the net.

“It wasn’t at City, but in all other game we have been the controlling team and were capable to create opportunities. Lately it is almost constantly that we miss our opportunities and the ones we allow go in.”